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FASHION | LIFESTYLE | TRAVELSat, 02 Sep 2017 10:17:51 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.2106971449REVIV HK – The Era of Wellness with IV Infusionshttp://4evajessie.com/reviv-hk/
http://4evajessie.com/reviv-hk/#commentsWed, 02 Aug 2017 11:52:18 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=2597Supplement pills are so last century. So what’s in for the modern faces of supplements, REVIV is a leading international clinic chain that represents the new era of wellness, specializing in intravenous body boosts and intramuscular booster injections that can be completed during your lunch breaks or even in your home or hotel rooms. […]

Supplement pills are so last century. So what’s in for the modern faces of supplements, REVIV is a leading international clinic chain that represents the new era of wellness, specializing in intravenous body boosts and intramuscular booster injections that can be completed during your lunch breaks or even in your home or hotel rooms.

REVIV HK, Hong Kong’s first IV infusion clinic that offers a range of wellness packages from preventive boosts to hangover cures. The modern technology of IV drip enabled instant results to be achieved within countable number of minutes, when the potent serum enters directly into bloodstream meaning immediate absorption. This is a preventive treatment much more effective than the vitamin pills, rather than replacement of conventional medicines, which provides a boost of nutrition and strength boost to fend of illness and exhaustion. Those packages are designed for the ones who are sleep deprived, over-worked or exercised, jet-lagged, or hangover; and would be extremely beneficial for the ones are feel like that are about to come down with a flu or fever. Doesn’t this sound amazing? You probably wonder how come you have never heard about this, and how did I find out about it in the first place?

The story actually started in Tokyo about 2 weekends ago, I unfortunately got spiked with my drink in a Club in Roppongi area on the Saturday night, and I spent more than 24 hours puking my guts out. As I was struggling in the airport lounge waiting for my flight back to Hong Kong the day after I got spiked, a friend of mine suggest me to check out the IV infusion clinic, REVIV HK, for an instant boost and also to flush out all the toxic substance. Believe or not, I didn’t actually believe in this in the first place, so I actually scheduled in a Muay Thai class on the Monday after I landed in Hong Kong on Sunday, hoping to flush out all the toxic substances through a tough workout. Unfortunately, it didn’t work. Whichever drug that was used to spike my drink was very strong, I struggled a big time to finish my Muay Thai training and I was pale was a ghost, on the edge of passing out on the floor. That was the moment when I decided to give this ‘fancy’ IV infusion treatment a try. With no appointment necessary, I stopped by at REVIV HK right after my training, without much faith or any expectations, but an open mind, and decided to give it a try.

Jenny, the founder of REVIV HK, suggested both the vitamin infusion pack and intramuscular injection. Megaboost (the vitamin infusion pack), given my special case, and explained it would help me to flush out the toxic substances, cleanses my vital organs, and at the same time will help me to restores hydration, after I puked my guts our for more than 24 hours, and replenishes the essential minerals & vitamins to give my body an energy boost and also a boost for my immune system. The pack took no more than 15 minutes to be delivered to my bloodstream, and I felt instantly revived after the IV drip. I no longer felt light headed and I definitely felt the energy boost from within.

On top of that, I have also received an intramuscular injection of B12, which takes only a minute of less, for a boost in my natural energy level, given that I was feeling weak and struggled to even finish my training session; helps to increase my red blood cell production and a boost of immune system. The B12 injection also helps to regulate sleep, mood and appetite cycles, but that I needed those at that moment, but I guess that’s something nice to have.

The whole process, from taking measures of my blood pressure, to intramuscular injection, to IV infusion drip took me no more than 20 minutes. I was quite amazed by how quickly the results have been delivered within such a short time frame. My only tiny regret is that I wish I have knew this place earlier, during the days I have totally over worked as an equity analyst, when I had about 5 hours of sleep on average and was constantly under the work pressure.

So…what other packages does REVIV HK offer?

IV Infusion Packages

Hydromax (Pure Hydration Infusion)

Great for sports players and marathon runners for hydration restoration, re-balancing the salts after extreme sports, and to flush out lactic acid and toxins.

Megaboost (Vitamin Infusion)

This is the pack I have taken last week and commonly used to fend off illness and exhaustion, by restore hydration in the body, replenishes essential minerals & vitamin to boost the immune system and give your body an energy boost. It also flushes the toxins out from your body and cleanses your vital organs.

Ultraviv (Recovery Infusion)

Don’t you sometimes wish you hangover to go instantly away sometimes? This is the pack to go for, if you are feeling hangover with a headache, or down with a flu. The Ultraviv restores hydration in your body, decreases inflammation, relieves the pain and nausea in your body, and also give your body an energy boost.

Vitaglow (Anti-aging Infusion)

Who’s up for a rejuvenation boost? I am! This is definitely the next package that I’m going to try given now I’m back on my foot with my energy level and who doesn’t like to look younger? The Vitaglow is a concentrated pack of antioxidants and it contains Vitamin C and an ingredients that helps your body to produce glutathione, which is the key of antioxidant in our body, which is capable of preventing damage to important cellular components. The productions of gluetathione slows down due to the old age and lack of rest, a boost of glutathione will speed up of the rejuvenation process for our organs and skin, therefore, makes it the perfect anti-aging boost. The Vitaglow pack also cleanses the vital organs.

Royal Flush (Deluxe Infusion)

This is pack pretty much combined all the vitamins and minerals from the packs listed above. If you are after an ultimate boost in energy and rejuvenation, and pain relief, this is the ONE!

Intra-muscular Injections

B12 (Pure Energy IM Booster Shot)

If you are after a quick energy boost to fight the exhaustion. This will take you no more than 1 minutes. The only difference between the injection and the IV drip is this results in a slower absorption giving that it is injected into the muscle instead of the bloodstream.

Slimboost (Fit Energy IM Booster Shot)

For people who are on diet and want to achieve weight losses in a more natural way. Slimboost will give your body a natural energy level boost, increases red blood cell production, helps to regulate sleep, mood and appetite cycles, at the same time also detoxifies the body. It is very similar to B12, with the additional boost to enhances the metabolism in your body to promote natural weight loss.

CoQ10+ (Power Fitness IM Booster Shot)

Are you training for marathon? Are you trying to push your limits to achieve new fitness goals? CoQ10 will promote your body for cell growth and maintenance, protect your body from harmful toxins while it provides a boost in immune system and help to main cardiovascular health. It also detoxifies your body and reduces stress.

Vitaboost (Wellness IM Booster Shot)

Looking for a boost for your skin from inside out? Vitaboost is the anti-aging shot that prevents and reverses cell damage, suppresses inflammation, and fights damaging free radicals. It also gives a boost of your immune system. All the ladies out there will love this shot! and that’s something I’m going to try next

Hong Kong as the international financial hub, there are tones of bankers and lawyers out there fighting for exhaustion and jet-lags, and why hesitate when the instantly solution are within your arm-length. In case if you are too tired or to busy to visit the clinic. They can also have the nurse to come to you with a very reasonable surcharge on top.

For those who doesn’t live in Hong Kong. REVIV is a leading global wellness provider that has clinics in USA, Canada, UK, Spain, Denmark and many more. Click HEREto find out more about their global locations.

]]>http://4evajessie.com/reviv-hk/feed/362597The 5 Second Rulehttp://4evajessie.com/the-5-second-rule/
http://4evajessie.com/the-5-second-rule/#commentsSun, 04 Jun 2017 06:54:11 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=2416Just a few post ago, I was writing on my site complaining about not having enough time to tick off items from my New Years Resolution List for 2017. I realized that I only completed one book in the period of 6 months whereas my plan was to read at least one book per month. […]

Just a few post ago, I was writing on my site complaining about not having enough time to tick off items from my New Years Resolution List for 2017. I realized that I only completed one book in the period of 6 months whereas my plan was to read at least one book per month. I whined about spending my day and night at work so I didn’t have enough time to go to the gym or write blog posts. I found myself wrote only one post for the entire March when my goal was to write at least 1-2 posts a week. I started to panic because I did not having enough time in my week to complete all the tasks at work and to do the things that I truly love and enjoy in life, which added an extra layer of stress onto my life because I had no time to distress. I noticed myself becoming this person that whines about everything in life and get annoyed so easily, almost by anything. So…I became hating myself!

That was exactly 2 months ago. How about now?

Surprisingly I have turned the table completely around. I am now reading my third book of the month; I started attending fitness classes almost everyday; I’ve managed to find time to write at least 2-3 posts a week; and I’ve found time during my busy daily routines to do things that I truly enjoy. So what has changed? How did I change from hating my life to loving my life so much that I can’t wait to share my secret with you?

It’s The 5 Second Rule book written by Mel Robbins that has completely changed my life and taught me how to push myself out to do the things I fear to do, and make time for myself so I can start doing things that I enjoy because I learnt how to stop procrastinating. It gave me the power to break my bad habits of hesitation and procrastination. One of my favourite quote from the book was “A moment of hesitation is a kiss to the death”. So stop worrying, thinking, and doubting yourself was the key to this reinvigorated change in my life.

So how does it work? Instead of throwing those technique jargons like ‘Counting backwards from 5 to 1 is a meta-cognition that is used as starting ritual to stop some of our bad behaviors in our prefrontal cortex’…blah blah blah…I’m going to summarize it with simple language for you. The 5 Second Rule is a tool that is used to beat your brain order to accomplish greater goals – It keeps you distracted from your own worries and at the same time keep you focused on your goals.

When I first came across to this 5 Second Rule, I had tremendous doubts in it. If it is that easy, then everyone will be super successful in life, and no one will ever be poor. In order for it actually to work and make an impact on your life, you actually need to start to take actions of whatever you need to do by the time you finish counting the 5 -4-3-2-1. It might sound very easy, but it takes a lot of disciplines to stick to this rule. When my alarm went off at 5:45am and it was start dark outside, I counted 5 -4-3-2-1 and forced myself out of the bed; when procrastinated in front of my desk, but I didn’t want to start doing research on this very different topic, I counted 5 -4-3-2-1 and started typing searching words in the google bar; when I’m exhausted from work and struggled to make my way to the gym, I counted 5 -4-3-2-1 and pushed myself out of the door…There are so many times I counted the 5 -4-3-2-1 and forced myself to do something that I otherwise won’t do, and here I am, finding myself waking up early everyday without snoozing, so I don’t feel like I’m constantly running late in the morning; and I found myself gaining all those extra times I have earned from not procrastinating to do the things I previously complained that i didn’t have the time for. Since I started applying this 5 Second Rule in my life, I have developed a habit not to hesitate and just dive in and get things done habit. It is a wonderful feeling when I look at my daily to-do list and finding myself ticked off every single task that is on my to-do list. Can you imagine how wonderful and motivating this feeling could be?

To all my friends out there – when you hesitate, just count 5- 4- 3- 2- 1 and GO!

When you purchase the book, Mel Robbins has also prepared 31 mentoring videos, which she will send to you one per day, to keep you motivated and focused on your goals! Here’s a LINK to subscribe to those videos and they are completely FREE.

]]>http://4evajessie.com/the-5-second-rule/feed/372416How to calm the fxxx downhttp://4evajessie.com/calm-the-fxxx-down/
http://4evajessie.com/calm-the-fxxx-down/#commentsThu, 18 May 2017 10:04:21 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=2369 Do you ever feel so overwhelmed with life, people, things, stress … simply just an overwhelming feeling that feels like the sky is about to fall down on you and you desperately need a way out otherwise you won’t be able to breath? … Don’t worry, I have just the right solution for you, […]

Do you ever feel so overwhelmed with life, people, things, stress … simply just an overwhelming feeling that feels like the sky is about to fall down on you and you desperately need a way out otherwise you won’t be able to breath? … Don’t worry, I have just the right solution for you, not saying it is the only solution, but it is definitely a very effective one.

So how do we calm the fxxx down and get our life back on track? First, we need to find the sources of the problem, often the overwhelming feelings are caused by 2 things: Anxiety and Depression. When our mind worries too much about the future, we tend to feel anxious, and often we get anxiety attacks when experiencing extreme scales. Depression, on the other hand, can be quite opposite of anxiety. We often fall into the depression hole when we lingering too much in the past and keep drilling down on the thoughts for something that has happened in the past, which we think might have impacted on our current life if we have done it differently. However, there is nothing we can do in the present moment to alter our past. What’s been done has already done. We also shouldn’t worry too much about the future for things that haven’t even happened yet. The only control we can have with full steer is the present moment. Being present helps us to regain control of our thoughts and be engaged. Therefore, we need to train our brain to pull our mind back to the present moment, when we are feeling anexious or depressed. So… how do we bring the mind to the present moment without dwelling down the past or worrying too much about the future?

My answer to that is – meditation. That’s no new concept to everyone. However, most of us also have doubts in the powerfulness of meditation. To honest, I personally didn’t believe in it, till I started practicing regularly this month and not just me have noticed the changes within me, but also the people around me have started noticing the glow on me from inside out. You might not have faith in meditation itself, but you should give it a chance to prove you wrong J

This post is not about teaching you how to meditate. There are many different ways to meditate and each one of us might have our own preferred method: you can either start with a group session, using one of those guided apps on your phone or just simply meditate on your own. I found the guided apps are probably the most accessible and easier to focus (There are a few popular ones like Headspace, Calm, Buddhify and Mindfullness, which you can download from the app store.) You can literally find a place anywhere, sit down, plug in your head phones and start to meditate, especially when you are going through some hot thoughts and desperately need to cool down; or when you need to regain your concentration back for work; or just simply need it to kick start your day. You may also choose to meditate during different times throughout the day. I personally found it is much easier to meditate in the morning for beginners like me. I found myself easier to focus and engage with the present moment when my mind is less clouded. I often find my mind filled with tasks that I need to complete and random thoughts about things happened during the day towards the end of the day, and therefore, I struggled a little to engage with present moment when I tried to meditate before bedtime. So I decided to schedule 30 minutes of my morning time, right after I rise from my bed each morning to meditate. It also helps me to engage with the positive energy before I kick start an awesome day.

What is your secret of calming down and regain focus when you are going through an emotional roller-coaster? Would love to hear more about how you cope with you down time, so can all learn from each other.

]]>http://4evajessie.com/calm-the-fxxx-down/feed/362369Goodbye 2016; Hello 2017http://4evajessie.com/goodbye-2016-hello-2017/
http://4evajessie.com/goodbye-2016-hello-2017/#commentsWed, 04 Jan 2017 02:54:35 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=2047On the night of 30th of December 2016, an email notification pop up on my computer While I was working from home on the last Friday before 2016 wrapped up. It was from a dear friend, who has experienced some big changes and Challenges in life, and that email was the entire reason that inspired […]

On the night of 30th of December 2016, an email notification pop up on my computer While I was working from home on the last Friday before 2016 wrapped up. It was from a dear friend, who has experienced some big changes and Challenges in life, and that email was the entire reason that inspired me for my post blog for 2017. So Goodbye 2016, and Hello 2017!

Jen unveiled the curtain of her email with the biggest changes in her life and her adventures during 2016, but what inspired me the most was her shared goals for 2017 and her top reads for 2016. For Someone is an entrepreneur who quitted a very rewarding full time job to take challenges for a start-up, her positive vibe and energy made my start to wonder: am I doing enough for my life, am I achieving enough for someone who is at my age, and how have I inspired others in my day to day life.

2016 was wrapped up with some big changes in my life. Starting this blog was definitely one of them. I have no shame to admit that I have struggled a big time to manage between my 70+ hour work week on top of this blogging life, at the same time I was trying to fit in my workout schedules, social life and my 152 flights I’ve had for 2016. My biggest learning from that was to prioritise and to have a routine life during the days that I didn’t travel. I have assigned certain times to blog each day and I always put my phone away during work and the time I spend with my family and friends. I have even turned off my Instagram notifications so I won’t get distracted while doing other things. Being focused at each thing I do important to me. On top of the new blog that I was started during 2016, One other exciting journey that I’ve started for 2016 was my newly founded nutrition business – Taki Mai – it’s a supplement drink for people who suffer from insomnia, jet lags, help them to distress and manage their stress levels. What motivated me to start this business? As many of you do know that I’m actually fitness addict. Given my long working hours during the day, sometimes I don’t get to hit to the gym till like 8 – 9pm at night. Most of the time I struggled to sleep after an intensive workout session, especially after my Muay Thai classes. I’m sure many of you probably have shared the same experience as I do, and that was one of the main reasons why I started this Taki Maibusiness – I want help people to calm down and chill before you head to bed, whether it’s because they have a tough day at work, experiencing so hard time with their personal lives or just simply because they had a very intensive workout session at the gym. Either way, Taki Mai is there to help people to have a good night of sleep and they will wake up fresh without feeling any drowsiness. Not mentioning all the small and big milestones I have achieved throughout 2016, along with all the adventures I have shared with my friends and the loved ones. 2016 has been a year filled with explorations and achievements. I hope you too had some good memories they you can hold onto for 2016.

As for 2017, I’m looking forward to another awesome and definitely a better year for my finance career ( I don’t want to bored you, but I’m writing this big thematic report on the energy sector in China, and providing investment advises on which energy sector among the traditional coal, oil and gas, nuclear , hydro, solar and wind, would be a better short-term or long term pick for the equity holders) and step up with my blogging work. I feel honoured to begin my 2017 with a collaboration with Tom Ford for their newly launched 23 additional boy name colours. Attending Calzedonia’s SS2017 fashion show in Verona has been another event I’ve been looking forward to for 2017. Taki Maiis going to my baby project for 2017, although that I have only soft launched it on the website, I’m planning to excel it with full speed for the upcoming year. I have started a media champion with the Cathay Pacific pilots and Taki Mai will fly with them to every Corner of the world with a snap with some magnificent landscape as the backdrop. (Follow the Takimaistore on Instagram for some of the most amazing and exotic travel destination snaps). What excites me the most are the adventure trips I have planned for 2017. Beginning with a ski trip in Austria in January, followed by the London visit to celebrate my birthday with my bestie from Melbourne and her birthday ( Aries babies), and we will be heading to Iceland for the best northern lights in 18 years! As many of you may know that I’m someone who is always up for impulsive trips, so here’s another: camping and road trip in yellow stone national park and Zion national park. Tanzania is also in my plan for 2017 to watch the great migration. Hopefully by September I will still have enough leaves for another 10 days in the wild wild Africa!

A year cannot be well planned but lacking of goals. I’m actually writing this post during my flight back to Hong Kong from Melbourne. As I watched the calmness of the blue sky and bed of clouds, I have actually drifted far for a while and sink deep into my thoughts. There are many things I want to achieve for 2017 as for self-improvements, but let’s be real, people often are so ambitious at the beginning of the year with the thousands of ambitious goals they have set, nevertheless, how of those they have actually achieved – I would say probably only half of that, or maybe even less. How many of you actually said to yourself you will excise more and eat heather for the upcoming year and how long did that motivation last ? I guess, most people won’t go last beyond the first quarter. Instead of ambitious sky high goals, let’s be realistic and set goals step by step. In that way, we can give ourselves a pad on the shoulder for everywhere small goal and it feels good to tick off something on our list! Here are some of my goals I want to share with you for my self-improvements.

learn how to prioritise. In a fast paced city like Hong Kong, it is filled with temptations and distractions, it is important to know where to drawn the line. Of cause we all need to have fun in life and it’s a way of helping us to distress in life, however, where do you draw the line? Do you want to call in for a sick day just because you’ve had too much to drink the night before? As for me, my biggest weakness is that I struggle to say no to people. My recently read ‘the ‘The Essentialist’ by Greg McKeown has taught me that people who over committed themselves have often stretched themselves too thin then they ended up disappointing everyone for not being able to deliver their promises or commitments. So be selected and only commit to the things within your actual capacities. It’s okay to say no to people if you feel like if you won’t be able to fulfil your commitment. That is definitely something I have to learn and polish in for 2017.

Being more present! This might sound very easy to achieve, but when you actually start to practice it, you will find it it’s not as easy as you thought. ‘Being present’ is the concept first introduced to me via Eckhart Tolle’s ‘The Power of Now’. I was very confused and lost during the first 3 chapters. That was also during the time I was very sick in the Hospital waiting for multiple surgeries. ‘The power of now’ has taught me how to see life from a different perspective and angle, and it has brought me enlightenment when I was going through a tough time life in lying in the hospital bed feeling helpless. So, what is the power is now? It is about being present, being focused about your present moment, be aware and appreciate your present moments, without be held back with your past or to concerned about that your future. Nothing matters more than your present moments. One way to help you to focus on the present moment is to meditate. Have you ever walked into a meditation workshop and have your instructor to tell you to focus and not think or judge? I have tried it, but most of the time I can’t stay focused for more than 2 seconds before my mind start drifting and saying things to myself: ‘why is this room so hot?’, ‘what shall I wear for tonight’s dinner’, ‘what exactly is zen’, ‘atop thinking, you suppose to focus and meditate’ … our mind is constantly occupied and hence why we struggle to sleep at night, because my mind is filled with unnecessary thought. My goal is try to meditate either before I go to sleep or after I get up at 6am for my work – to train my mind how to being focus and being present.

Be wholehearted. I do appreciate things people have done for me. But I want to broader it to the next level. There was this Ted Talk I watched on the Ted Talk, it was ‘the power of vulnerability’, the content is actually not like what the title sounds. It is actually wholehearted people often feel so contained and happy in their lives. Many people often shut their feelings because they don’t want to get hurt because of the pain, but at the same time they have shut their feeling for joys and happiness. It is impossible to shut one out and still letting the other one through. People who are wholehearted they give love unconditionally without expecting any returns. Because of their positive vibes and energy, just like the law of attrition mentioned in the book of ‘The Secret’ by Rhonda Byrne, they often live a very loving life. It’s hard to be forgiving and loving everything and everything knowing that some people might be hurt your feeling regardless and expect no return. A kid grow up in a wholehearted family most likely to achieve more in life than the ones who are more self-focused.

Stop procrastinating. Just like most people, I procrastinate. I don’t say that I procrastinate a lot giving the high intensity of my job, but I tend to procrastinate on the big and tough tasks, and I often fill my days with smaller tasks that are lower on the priority list because those ones are easier to be done. I wrote a post on How to Stop Procrastinating a while back inspired by the book ‘Eat That Frog!’ by Brian Tracy, and this is something I need to polish on for the upcoming year.

Be early, rather than on time. Given the busy schedule of my daily life, I’m not doing the best in this department. I feel like that I’m almost running behind with my schedule or cutting close to my appointment time. For this upcoming year, I’m going to try to allow myself with sufficient time for getting ready, preparation, commuting, etc. It is always handy to arrive somewhere early, in case you can’t find your way; to prepare or to brainstorm for an important meeting; also you will feel less stressed and more confident arriving to an important meeting or event early and prepared. Even if it is just a dinner date, you date will be appreciated if you show up early and feeling that they were important to you and you take everything very seriously.

Handing over to you! What are some of the goals you want to achieve or some of the personal qualities that you want improve for 2017? I hope you have aimed high for 2017 and wish you all have a spectacular year ahead. Life is too short, instead of draining yourself with miseries and abusing yourself with all the numbing activities so you think you could feel better, it’s time to step up, get out, inspire each other, and push each other up in the ladder! Go live your dreams and never give up on it! Sky is your limit!

Recently, I’ve started attending H-Kore classes that evolve using pilate reformers. The class is only 45 minutes, but it core targeted and focusing on strengthening on the body, tightening muscles, burn fats, and improving endurance, plus jump-start on the metabolism. This is the perfect exercise for training up the perfect summer bikini body. Having a strong core is everything for me, giving that lately I’ve just picked up wake boarding and I’m regular for standup paddle boarding (SUP) and snowboarding.

My current workout routine…

Mondays: H-Kore Class – Although the class is only 45 minutes each, but every class worked intensively on core, legs, arms and back muscles. I have noticed that my core has strengthened and my balance has improved since taking the H-Kore classes. Most noticeably were my arms, they have definitely got stronger compare to 2 months ago. Although I’m not much of a weights or strength workout lovers, but I like the way my body is transforming to lately and I can definitely see it is toning up.

Wednesdays/Thursdays: I love my mid-week cardio exercises. It’s the best way to distress and wind down little of the stress I’ve piled up throughout the week. Ever since my training for the North Korea Marathon (Link of the article via HERE), I have fallen in love with running. I know a lot of people say it’s bad for your ankles and knees, but if you do it correctly, you can totally avoid those injured, and also running on the flat ground definitely helps with fat burning.

Every alternative week, I would try to schedule HIIT workouts into my week. Normally I do 15-20 minutes of interval sprints on the treadmill. (What is HIIT? It stands for High Intensity Interval Training, typically called ‘rest’ and ‘work’ periods. ) I often sprint at 14-17 kmph, which is often equivalent to 90-100% of our capacity, for 30 seconds and then rest my foot on the sides of the treadmill for 30 seconds while letting the treadmill to run, then jump back onto the treadmill for the next 30 seconds of sprint. The cycle repeats for 15 – 20 mins.

The benefits of HIIT: HIIT burns more calories during and after the workout than continuous aerobic training. If you want looking for something to tone up your body or reduce your body fats, I would suggest you schedule HIIT into your weekly workout plans.

Fridays: Fridays are my socials days! So no workouts on Fridays!

Saturdays/Sundays: Weekends are all about having fun and enjoy lives. If I feel motivated enough, I probably will slot in a cardio training on either Saturday or Sunday. Most of the time, I’m just out doing other sports with friends. I’ve been quite addicted to SUP and wake boarding lately. It’s a great way to get some tan during the nice summer weather and work on my core muscles and arms.

]]>http://4evajessie.com/my-routine-workout-plan/feed/201560Purearthhttp://4evajessie.com/purearth/
http://4evajessie.com/purearth/#commentsTue, 19 Jul 2016 03:44:26 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=1300Most people are unaware the fact that 70% of what we put onto our skin actually gets to absorbed into your skin and go into the bloodstreams. One advise to all my friends out there, we need to know the key ingredients of our skincare products before we blindly purchase through the renowned brands. I […]

Most people are unaware the fact that 70% of what we put onto our skin actually gets to absorbed into your skin and go into the bloodstreams. One advise to all my friends out there, we need to know the key ingredients of our skincare products before we blindly purchase through the renowned brands. I recently came across to Purearth through a friend’s recommendation and now I’m hooked. All ingredients are wildly harvested at altitudes of over 7000 feet in the pristine Himalayas, which contain no GMOs, chemical pesticides, parabens, pthalates, synthetic colours, fragrances or additives.

My best pick! Made with Himalayan pink salt, wild plant, flower and seed extracts, and uplifted by pure essential oils to leave a glowing and satin look on the skin. It delivers a divine perfumed scent for my body and silky smooth skin. I’ve been using it once a week before I go out for a beach tan during the weekends and I’ve noticed small changes like more even tans and less dead skins.

The nourishing oil was cold pressed from Himalayan bitter apricot kernels and leaves skin feeling tones and hair feeling exquisitely smooth. I’ve been applying it before I go to bed every second night on my hair and I can feel the progress in my hair given it has been heavily bleached for summer colours and quite damaged with all the pool parties and yacht parties I’ve been attending this summer. This is definitely something I would recommend if you hair or skin need a graduate boost.

This a precious rejuvenating face oil that is made with Himalayan plant botanical. It contains wild seabuckthorn berry, rosehip seed and rose damascene oil that helps skin to rejuvenate, reduces fine lines and wrinkles and at the same time providing skin with a luminous glow. My skin has been exposed to the sun heavy this summer to maintain my summer tan and one thing I have noticed was I started to get those fine lines on my face near my eyes. I have been using Illumine Face Elixir Oil for 2 weeks now and I can see that most of those evil fine lines have diminished.

An ancient Ayurvedic herbal infusion tea dated back to 5000 years ago. Tulsi is known for stress relief for both physical and emotional stresses. This was exactly something I was looking for given the enormous amount of stresses I get from my day job and the amount of physical stresses I get from daily exercises. Here’s one little trick I want to share with my reader – sometimes when I feel naughty – I add the Tulsi Tea infusion into my champagnes, so I can both enjoy my social night out with my girl friends and also feeling relaxed when I go home for a good night of sleep. I know this is a very cheeky way, and Purearth’s tea infusion products were made just for us to enjoy both social life and at the same time help us distress.

Just to be clear: Yes, this post is done in collaboration with Purearth. However, I have purchased a few items through their website myself for gifting my friends after trying their products. As I’ve mentioned earlier – I’m hooked! by their pure ingredients and absolutely amazing scents. If every one of you do want to try their products, use the discount code: 4EVAJESSIE for a 15% discount and they ship internationally.

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http://4evajessie.com/leaf-by-bellabeat/#commentsWed, 13 Jul 2016 06:20:23 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=1290What is LEAF? It looks like leaf, of course! However, it is also a wearable tracking device to track our daily activities, mindfulness, quality of sleep, and period cycles. Most importantly, it is also a fashion accessory, which has a nice minimal design and can be worn in multiple ways. It is especially designed […]

What is LEAF? It looks like leaf, of course! However, it is also a wearable tracking device to track our daily activities, mindfulness, quality of sleep, and period cycles. Most importantly, it is also a fashion accessory, which has a nice minimal design and can be worn in multiple ways.

It is especially designed for women and can be worn in multiple ways:

1) As a bracelet, with matching suede leather strip

2) As a necklace, with stainless steel necklace at your choice

3) As a brooch, and can be clipped onto our daily attire or sport wears

I’ve decided to make July my dry July. I want to focus on my body/mind/soul a little more instead of spending my weekends partying away. LEAF has helped me to keep track my daily routines and my exercise levels, as well as how my daily activities affect the quality of my sleep at night. LEAF has also helped me with my awareness, I am now more aware of my daily food intake, how mindful I am throughout the day and it gives me an emergence meditation session when I am stressed out and needed one. LEAF has became a part of my daily essentials.

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Mon, 11 Jul 2016 03:59:10 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=1268The south side of the Hong Kong island has recently became my favourite hangout place now that summer is here. I love the chillaxed beach culture and beautiful island views; it makes me forget about that I’m living a very big and chaotic metropolitan city. Hong Kong is known as the big financial hub in […]

]]>The south side of the Hong Kong island has recently became my favourite hangout place now that summer is here. I love the chillaxed beach culture and beautiful island views; it makes me forget about that I’m living a very big and chaotic metropolitan city. Hong Kong is known as the big financial hub in Asia where all the bankers and lawyers over work themselves. They often over compensate their overly-worked life by camping themselves in Lan Kwai Fong (LKF), where all the bars and clubs are, from Monday to Sunday. However, the perks of living in Hong Kong is that weekend getaways only arm length away. It’s only 30 minutes drive or one ferry ride away to most of the beautiful islands surrounded the main island, Hong Kong island, and the mainland – Kowloon. Furthermore, it’s only 2-3 hours flight away to most of the exotic islands in South East Asia with very affordable prices for the flights.

Rather than camping ourselves in LKF this weekend, we have decided to call it early on a Friday night, so we can have an early start at Stanley for Stand-Up Paddling boarding (SUP) the next day. It is only my second attempt for SUP, but I have already fallen in love with it. I love being out in the middle of the ocean, enjoying the peaceful view and quietness of the nature. Occasionally we lay down on the board for some sun baking, closing our eyes and enjoy the nature sounds of the nature. Life was good. I was being able to throw all the stress, problems, and worries behind and just focus on the present moment, enjoy life, the surroundings and the companies. I should definitely schedule something like this to my busy weekly schedules to relax my body, my mind, my soul, so I get a chance to reset before another week of stressful work life begins again. It’s always good to stop every now and then in our active lives and let our hair down for a moment. SUP was that moment for me.

Tried to attempt for Tree Pose on the board! but that didn’t go well T.T …guess my next challenge could be a yoga session on those boards.

After draining our Go Pro in the middle of the ocean with all the beautifully photos we’ve taken. Those are the only pictures we have left taken from our phones after we came back to the beach :(. Although the pictures were lost, but beautiful memories and wonderful experiences cannot be erased and will stay. Guess we will just need schedule another session soon to take even better pictures.

Our beautiful lunch accompanied by the lovely Spanish music ~~ With this relaxed view and great music, I’ve left myself go…drifted into my own Oblivion.

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http://4evajessie.com/give-me-that-bikini-body/#commentsFri, 04 Mar 2016 04:06:39 +0000http://4evajessie.com/?p=525It is third month into the year now, are you feeling a little slacking-off on your new year’s resolutions? Chances are some of you have made a new year’s resolution on being fit and healthy for 2016 – and probably already broken it. With spring arriving and summer just around the corner, let’s work on […]

]]>It is third month into the year now, are you feeling a little slacking-off on your new year’s resolutions? Chances are some of you have made a new year’s resolution on being fit and healthy for 2016 – and probably already broken it. With spring arriving and summer just around the corner, let’s work on those bikini bodies and get ready for all the beach & boat parties! Here are 8 quick tips to help you to stick with your New Year’s resolution and look fabulous by end of the year!

Be Realistic

Instead of rushing into the end results, make sure you set realistic health and fitness goals, and be realistic to your body. For instance, significant reduction in daily calorie intake is not sustainable for your body. Strive for a goal that is attainable, such as increase the frequency of your gym visits during the week.

Plan Ahead

Once you set your fitness goal, you will need to plan ahead and outline your weekly plans. For those who are fitness beginners, I suggest you to sit down with a personal trainer and talk through your goal with him/her to come up with a more achievable plan. For those who like to train yourself, the easier and more economical way is to pick up a copy of Sweat with Kayla, or download the app from the app store. Kayla Itsines has planned out a very structured training program for ladies who want to achieve amazing bikini bodies – tone your waist, lift the butt, and shape the legs.

Here’s a sample of Kayla’s schedule, for details please refer to her website.

Eat Clean and Detox before You Start Your Program

Eat clean is probably the hardest thing to do, as we all crave for some yummy junk food from time to time. The best way to cheat is to make sure you stick to your daily calorie intake goals and give yourself one cheat meal every fortnight or month. I personally found detox right before I start a training program cycle was very helpful. A clean body gives us a clean start. There are many different methods to detox, and I highly recommend a juice detox.

Why juice detox?

The main purpose of the juice detox is to give our organs a ‘mini break’. Juices require less of the stomach’s digestive processing; rest and repair the guts; rest our liver; reduce your appetite and provides a big psychological boost to help get over the hurdle of changing habits before your clean eats; eliminate harmful foods; floods our body with super nutrition as many detox juice providers includes tons of vitamins and nutriutions from juices, vegetables and organic ingredients; lose weight (giving you a head-start already); rehydrate the body; allow maximum detoxification; heal our cells, and many un-listed benefits.

Each bottle of Urban Remedy contains a vibrant source of vitamins, minerals and enzymes to help nourish and restore your body. Their Signature Cleanses are designed for the ultimate detoxification, catering for those new to cleansing, through to those that are seeking a more advanced cleanse.

I had the ‘Skin Cleanse’ package for 5 days. Each day 8 bottles of freshly made cold press juice was delivered to me and I no food, no coffee, no tea, no drinking, but juices for 5 whole days, and my skin and body felt amazing afterwards! I felt lighter from the insides.

Before you start your training program, we often gain extra mile of motivations from our new active wear purchases. Don’t you have this feeling of ‘can’t wait to hit the gym ’right after your new purchase of active wear? My personal favorite label is Lorna Jane – their sport bras stylish & gorgeous, provide maximum supports during my bootcamp and cross-fit trainings. I always have ladies to come up to me and ask me where do I shop for my active wear during my trainings. Among the other labels, Victoria’s Secret is another one of my top choices.

The best reward we can give to ourselves is when we have an amazing body, every piece of clothing just looking so gorgeous on ourselves. Go have a shopping feast when you achieve certain goals. Try not to reward yourself with a big junk meal, however, you can always have something healthy and delicious at the same time. Go check out the local Michelin Star Restaurants and pair it up a glass or two.

Don’t Beat Yourself Up

Obsessing over the occasional slip won’t help you achieve your goal. Do the best you can each day, and try to stick with your plan. Don’t do 2-day worth of exercises in one day just because you slipped during earlier of the week. The last thing you want is to injure your muscles and not be able to train for a few days.

Track Your Progress

It is very important that you track your progress and do this consistently. You should be meansuring your progress on the same day each week, at the same time, wearing the same clothes and using the same scales. Take photos of yourself to keep a visual diary and make sure you take those pictures from the same angle each time. You will feel the achievements over time when you see your body transform in those photos.

Stick to It

Experts say it takes about 21 days for a new activity to become a habit and six months for it to become part of your personality. It won’t happy overnight, so be persistent and patient, ladies!!